Barnes and Noble snubs Lynx users

[Thomas Dowling]

>From: Jerry Kuntz <jkuntz at rcls.org>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at library.berkeley.edu>
>Date: Tuesday, June 10, 1997 12:19 PM
>Subject: Re: Barnes and Noble snubs Lynx users

>Thanks Dana! That's works. Sheesh, does access boil down to
>cookie-tracking ability now

My earlier paean to the virtues of Lynx was based on the most recent
version.  Lynx 2.7.1 supports cookies within a user session, but not
persistently across sessions.  Your call on whether that's a Good Thing or
a Bad Thing.

Unfortunately, the answer to Jerry's question is increasingly yes--access
at many sites does require cookies.  IMO, cookies, like frames, are another
kludge that Netscape rushed out the door without considering the
consequences.  To their credit, at least their browser lets you disallow
them silently.  MSIE can only be set to silently accept them or to prompt
you with each cookie. Just try going to, say, http://www.ala.org/ and
rejecting every cookie manually.

Thomas Dowling
OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu